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Electromagnetic Spectrum

This document provides learning objectives and information about electromagnetic waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, and eclipses for a 10th grade physics class. Key points include defining electromagnetic waves as vibrations between electric and magnetic fields that travel at the speed of light, listing common sources and properties of electromagnetic waves, and explaining the differences between solar and lunar eclipses in terms of the relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

This document provides learning objectives and information about electromagnetic waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, and eclipses for a 10th grade physics class. Key points include defining electromagnetic waves as vibrations between electric and magnetic fields that travel at the speed of light, listing common sources and properties of electromagnetic waves, and explaining the differences between solar and lunar eclipses in terms of the relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun.

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Subject & Grade Level: Physics Grade 10
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At the end of the lesson you should be able to:

Define Electromagnetic spectrum


State the properties of electromagnetic waves
List sources and applications of electromagnetic
waves
State what is an eclipse and explain the different
types of eclipse
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What are Electromagnetic waves?

Waves that are created as a result of vibrations


between an electric fields and a magnetic field.
These waves are composed of oscillating magnetic
and electric fields.
They are formed when an electric field comes in
contact with a magnetic field.
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Properties of Electromagnetic waves


All are transverse waves
They all travel at a speed of 3×10
Travels through solids, liquids
gasses and vacuum
Obeys the laws of reflection and
refraction
They can be absorbed and emitted
by matter
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Application of the principle that light travels


in straight line
Photons leaving a light source travel in straight
lines called rays. They are the path or direction
along which the energy flows.
Because light travels in a straight lines, a shadow is
formed when an opaque object is placed in the path
of a beam of light rays cannot bend around the
object.
The type of shadow formed depends on whether the
light comes from a point source or an extended
source
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The shadow form on the screen (previous slide) by placing an opaque object in
the path of rays from a point source is of uniform darkness, since no light
whatever from the source falls on the area covered by the shadows.

Such shadow is called umbra.

If the same opaque object as before is placed in the path of light from an
extended source, two types of shadow are seen on the screen; a total shadow or
umbra of uniform darkness in the centre and a partial shadow called penumbra.
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In the umbra, no light from the source


reaches the screen.
In penumbra, light from some parts of the
extended source does fall on the screen.
The further outwards from the umbra, the
greater the amount of light falling on the
screen, and therefore the lighter the
penumbra.
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Help!
No!
This can’t be true,
The sun is gone,
What will we do?
It’s dark!
It’s gray!
Sun’s disappeared!
The sun is gone,
It’s what we feared!
Sun’s blown out!
Its shine has stopped,
Like lit-up light bulbs,
When they’re dropped!
But teacher said, that afternoon,
The sun is there,
Behind the moon!
Solar eclipse,
Sunlight’s blocked,
By the moon,
So don’t be shocked…
The moon will move,
Past the sun,
And this eclipse,
Will soon be done!
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Eclipses
Eclipses of the sun and the moon are produced by
the shadows cast by the moon and earth, respectively.
If the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun,
the shadow of the Moon moves across the Earth,
blocking out the light. This is called a solar eclipse.
The Sun is an extended source, so parts of the Earth
are in the Sun’s umbra and parts are in the penumbra.
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Lunar Eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between


the Sun and the Moon and the three are in line.
As the moon orbits the Earth’s penumbra, it
becomes less bright; and when it enters the umbra,
it is fully eclipsed.
It leaves the umbra and re-enters the penumbra on
the other side, getting brighter and brighter again.

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